AN inspirational young Trowbridge woman, who has written a cookbook after beating anorexia, says more needs to be done to help people suffering from eating disorders.

Nicola Davis, 21, was at Tesco Extra, County Way, on Saturday selling her self-published book, My Super Sweet Recovery Cookbook.

Although Ms Davis, who weighed just six stone in 2014, beat the condition, she says that not enough is being done to raise awareness of this issue.

“It was fantastic to see people come along on Saturday. I sold more than £130 in books and some of that will now go to eating disorder charity Beat, which is great,” she said.

“I am very proud of the book. I did a crowdfunder campaign and thanks to people’s help I reached the £1,700 target a few years ago.

“I did this because I remember being horrified that book shops didn’t have anything like this to help people with eating disorders. “That is why I wrote this. I have always liked baking so I thought I would do something myself and it has paid off.

“Unfortunately the industry is still lagging behind. You see lots of weight loss books and ones about fad diets but not on this, so I really hope this can help people who went through what I did.

“I would like to see greater awareness of this issue. That is why Beat is so important as it does such good work on this.”

Since then, Ms Davis has gone from strength to strength as she is now a young ambassador of GOFISH, a local group that helps young people get into the world of work.

She also picked up a rising star accolade at the Bath Life Awards and for young entrepreneur at the Wiltshire Life Awards.

“It is humbling to see how far I have come after going through a difficult period in my life,” she said.

“When i had my eating disorder, it changed me personality wise. You feel more isolated. Someone came along to the book signing who hadn’t seen me in years and she said I looked so much better and more confident.”

Ms Davis, a former Corsham School and Sheldon School pupil, is hoping to do more book signings in libraries across Wiltshire to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs from May 14-20.

“I would love to do something like this again to raise awareness of these issues,” she said.